Designing playground structures

Design and technology

Shapes and materials used in playground structures

Simple playground structures

Creating and reinforcing playground structures

Preparing materials for playground structures

Making playground structures

Adding finishing touches to playground structures

Test and talk about the final playground structure

This unit develops pupils' knowledge of freestanding structures and how to make them more stable.  Pupils will analyse different structures, shapes and construction techniques to make piece of play equipment.

Freestanding structures: playgrounds

Physical activity and equipment requiring safe use

Use of equipment that may require supervision for safety, e.g. scissors in KS1, needles, paint, knives, cooking.

It describes what products are already made.

A design specification helps to identify the problem, solution, needs, purpose and the {{}}.

Instead of creating a sketch using a pencil and paper, a designer can make ...

Match these keywords to the correct definition.

Put the 0 cm mark on the ruler next to the object you are measuring.

Read along the ruler, until you reach the end of the card or object.

Read the number from the ruler and add ‘cm’.

Order the steps to measuring with a ruler, using centimetres (cm).

To cut paper we need to use scissors __________ and stop at the end of the marked line.

What can be made when folding card and paper?

ways to join two things together correctly

a layer of paper or card which can be used to cover a structure

Designing playground structures

Lesson outcome

Content guidance